ImageMagick 7.0.6-3 coders/mat.c ReadImage memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-3. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is the function ReadImage of the file coders/mat.c. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-12675. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ImageMagick 7.0.6-3 (Image Processing Software). Affected by this issue is the function ReadImage of the file coders/mat.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, a missing check for multidimensional data was found in coders/mat.c, leading to a memory leak in the function ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2017. The weakness was presented 08/07/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-12675 since 08/07/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102889 (Debian DLA-1081-1 : imagemagick security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170696 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0130-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102889). See VDB-104360, VDB-104389, VDB-104390 and VDB-104391 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 102889
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1081-1 : imagemagick security update
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OpenVAS ID: 865606
OpenVAS Name: Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1081-1] imagemagick security update)
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08/31/2017 +23 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 616
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CVE: CVE-2017-12675 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12675
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104978
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2017 14:56
Updated: 12/15/2022 12:18
Changes: 08/08/2017 14:56 (73), 11/04/2019 16:38 (4), 12/15/2022 12:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:5F6:103

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